CBS 06856 (P264290)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06856

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical [identification uncertain] (Obv.lexical(?) forerunner, Rev.metrological table, measures of area, with sexagesimal equivalents; (Obv)6x(Rev)4 lines, or Isin?)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical [identification uncertain] (Obv.lexical(?) forerunner, Rev.metrological table, measures of area, with sexagesimal equivalents; (Obv)6x(Rev)4 lines, or Isin?) School text
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P264290
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P264290

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Ru. corner, ruled, obv. very worn

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 06856
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	581567
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.6856
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P264290

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 06856 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P264290.

CBS 06856 artifact entry (No. P264290). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264290 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 06856 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264290 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264290},
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Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 06856 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P264290.

CBS 06856 artifact entry (No. P264290). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264290 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 06856 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264290 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CBS 06856 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264290},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264290},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P264290
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - CBS 06856 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P264290
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